cartridge belt

a belt of leather or webbing with loops for carrying cartridges or pockets for clips of cartridges.

Origin of cartridge belt

First recorded in 1870–75

Tomorrow we move on again, my cartridge-belt is full, and I have got everything ready for our early start.

At Plattsburg |Allen French
A cartridge-belt encircled the loose jacket he wore and a revolver handle protruded from the pistol pocket of his trousers.

Boy Scouts in the Northwest |G. Harvey Ralphson
A gee-string and a cartridge-belt were all the clothes he wore.

Adventure |Jack London
Impulse drew him to the officers' row, where he strolled about with his hands in his cartridge-belt.

John Ermine of the Yellowstone |Frederic Remington

Even now I still think with a gentle shudder of the leather of the Legion, of the cartridge-belt and pouch!

In the Foreign Legion |Erwin Rosen

cartridge belt

a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges